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A Boone County woman has been charged with stealing after she was accused of taking food and lottery tickets from a local Gerbes Supermarket. According to the probable cause statement, a loss prevention manager for the store discovered that Katie Coleman had stolen approximately $400 worth of food and drinks from the store since July.

ALDI is scheduled to open a new store in Columbia on Dec. 15 in the 1000 block of East Green Meadows Road. ALDI currently has more than 1,600 stores in 35 states, serving more than 40 million customers each month. “We value our customers in Columbia and are thrilled to add an additional location in

Troopers responded to Route Y and Route Z on Thursday afternoon for a single car crash. According to the crash report, the crash happened as the driver of a Ford Focus failed to negotiate a curve, traveled off the left side of the roadway and overturned. Troopers said the driver, Vicki Spencer, had serious injuries

FRIDAY: Temperatures this morning have finally rose above freezing. By this afternoon we will warm to near 40 due to a southwesterly breeze up to 12 mph. The breeze will make it feel colder, generating wind chills in the upper 20s to lower 30s Friday afternoon with mostly sunny skies. TONIGHT: It will be another

Columbia police arrested Kelli Collins on Thursday afternoon after officers were dispatched to a shoplifting incident at the Kohl’s department store on Green Meadows. Police said a Kohl’s Loss Prevention employee observed Collins in possession of makeup and jewelry items, and passing all points of sale without paying for the merchandise. Officers said they saw

A Columbia man was arrested Thursday after witnesses saw him damaging property in downtown Columbia, according to police. Columbia Police arrested Irvyng Dawayne Horton Thursday afternoon on suspicion of first degree felony and property damage. On Wednesday morning, officers responded to a vandalism report in the 1000 block of East Broadway after witnesses observed Horton

UPDATE – 12/8: CPD officers arrested a 15-year-old student after a photo was posted to social media app Snapchat. “The IP address checked to an address in the 2100 block of Whispering Meadows,” said Officer Latisha Stroer. “The juvenile was taken into custody at 1104 N. Providence Road for Making a Terroristic Threat and released

Moberly police arrested 31-year-old Jerrod Twyman Thursday for multiple warrants in Randolph and Chariton counties. The warrants in Randolph include third-degree assault and failure to appear for a DWI charge. Twyman also had active warrants in Chariton County for failing to appear on charges of distribution/delivery/manufacture/production of a controlled substance, marijuana distribution and maintaining a

Attorneys for one current and one former MU Health Care employee believe a lawsuit against the company should continue. The motion, filed by Kansas City-based attorney Brendan Donelon, opposes UMHC’s request to dismiss the lawsuit filed by respiratory therapists Richard Hunsley and Donna Reeves. The two sued in 2016 over the hospital’s Kronos time-keeping system

A 5-year-old girl has been discharged from the hospital after she was hit by a school bus in Moberly. It happened on East Burkhart Street Wednesday morning, which is near North Park Elementary school. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the girl reportedly walked out in front of the bus before she was hit.

Around 30 people gathered in front of Representative Blaine Luetkemeyer’s office in Jefferson City Thursday to protest the Republican tax overhaul bill he supports. At the demonstration, they presented a fake check for $275 billion, saying that’s how much money wealthy people would get from low and middle class families, if the measure is approved.

Residents living on the north side of the city are continuing their efforts to bring improvements and more activities for children to their neighborhoods. “Our priority is with the youth,” said Sophia Smith, a north Columbia resident. “But also with the parents too, because it starts at home.” A couple of dozen residents met at

Gov. Eric Greitens and members of his senior staff use a confidential messaging app to communicate. The app is called Confide and it sends messages designed to be read by the recipient and no one else. Messages on the app “self-destruct” after they are read, and cannot be captured by screenshot. Although it is not

UPDATE 3 pm: A spokesperson for the Columbia police department said Swope was not the man trying to holster the gun. Police have not identified the other individual in the car at the time of the shooting. ORIGINAL: Columbia police confirmed on Thursday that the 19-year-old man who was shot in a vehicle in the

The Columbia and Boone County Public Health and Human Services Department reminded residents on Thursday that there is a network of warming and cooling centers in the community. Warming centers are available to the general public during the building’s normal business hours. Some of those warming centers include: -The Activity and Recreation Center -Armory Sports

With temperatures dropping shelters are now opened and helping homeless individuals stay warm with a good night’s rest. Room at the Inn, hosted by Columbia Area Faith Communities, a ministry of Columbia Alliance to Combat Homelessness, has begun. Sites will be open through March for homeless adults. They will be able to go there to

At the end of November, the Mar-Saline branch of the NAACP called for the removal of Marshall police Chief Mike Donnell after a “number of documented injustices.” Clyde Williams, president of the branch, went before the City Council to express the concerns of more than 100 members of the local chapter, as well as other

TONIGHT: It will be coldest night yet this season with low temperatures in the mid to upper teens by morning. A southwest breeze at 5-8 mph will create wind chills of 6-12 degrees under mostly clear skies. FRIDAY: After a frigid morning, temperatures will warm to near 40 in the afternoon due to a southwesterly

Emergency crews responded to a residence in the 3400 block of Rangeline Street on Thursday evening. According to public dispatch, the response is listed as a medical response. Columbia police on scene said it is a “psychiatric incident.” ABC17 has crews on scene monitoring the situation.

Fulton police confirmed on Thursday they took two Fulton High School students into custody for drug-related incidents. Police said one teenage boy was arrested on suspicion of distribution of a controlled substance, the other teenage boy was arrested on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance. Officers said they were alerted of the incidents by